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Free directories to submit your startup: 385 with a free listing

Free directories are where most founders start, and a good share of them are worth the time. “Free” covers two kinds of site here: fully free directories, and freemium ones where the basic listing is free but paid options skip the queue, add a followed link or feature you on the homepage. Read the price note on each directory page before submitting, because the free tier is sometimes slow (weeks in a queue) or comes with conditions such as adding a badge to your site. The cost of a free listing is your time, so the useful question is which ones are worth an hour. Popularity (the Tranco rank), human review and a relevant audience are better signals than the number of directories you can reach. Submitting to dozens of low-quality sites does little.

Directories
385
18 categories
Dofollow (verified)
217
of 334 with a checked link
Free to submit
385
free, or with a free plan
DR 50+
190
of 320 with a Domain Rating by Ahrefs
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  1. Laravel News

    Free · Dofollow · DR 85

  2. F-Droid

    Free · Dofollow · DR 85

  3. TrustRadius

    Free option · Dofollow · DR 85

Domain Rating by Ahrefs

All 385, most popular first

  • GitHub Marketplace

    github.com

    GitHub's marketplace of Apps and Actions that extend developer workflows. Devtools with a GitHub integration can list free or paid plans and be found by developers browsing by category.

    Developer toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    Tranco#29

  • SourceForge

    sourceforge.net

    A veteran open source hosting and download platform that also runs a business software directory. Projects can be created or imported from GitHub with free mirror-based downloads and stats; each…

    Open sourceFreeNofollowChecked
    Tranco#250

  • Visual Studio Code Marketplace

    marketplace.visualstudio.com

    Microsoft's marketplace for VS Code extensions, searchable from inside the editor. Devtool makers can ship an extension to reach developers where they work; each extension gets a public page…

    Developer toolsFreeMixedChecked
    Tranco#547

  • Figma Community

    figma.com

    Figma's public hub for plugins, widgets, files and templates. Building a Figma plugin that connects to your product lets designers discover it where they work, via a Community page with installs and…

    DesignFreeUGC (nofollow)Checked
    Tranco#866

  • ThemeForest (Envato Market)

    themeforest.net

    Envato's marketplace for website themes and templates, covering WordPress, Shopify, HTML, CMS and more. Authors apply, upload items for review, and approved items are sold to a large global customer…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR94Tranco#1,037

  • Notion Marketplace

    notion.com

    Notion's template marketplace, where creators publish free or paid templates under a creator profile. Useful for productivity products or services that can package a workflow as a Notion template…

    ProductivityFreeNofollowChecked
    Tranco#1,561

  • Hacker News (Show HN)

    news.ycombinator.com

    Show HN is the section of Hacker News for sharing something you built that people can try out and discuss. The audience is developers, founders and technically minded readers who give blunt…

    Product launch platformsFreeMixedChecked
    DR91Tranco#2,207

  • Snap Store (Snapcraft)

    snapcraft.io

    Canonical's store for snap packages, used on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions to install desktop apps, CLI tools and services. Store pages show publisher, screenshots and contact links, and a…

    MarketplacesFreeDofollowChecked
    DR84Tranco#2,489

  • DEV Community (dev.to)

    dev.to

    An open publishing platform and community where developers post articles, tutorials and project write-ups that show up in tag feeds and the main feed. Makers use it to tell the build story behind a…

    Developer toolsFreeMixedChecked
    DR91Tranco#3,788

  • G2

    g2.com

    A large B2B software review marketplace where buyers compare products using verified user reviews and category grids. Business software buyers use it to shortlist vendors. A profile lets you collect…

    Review sitesFree + paidUnverifiedChecked
    DR91Tranco#4,171

  • Product Hunt

    producthunt.com

    The best-known daily launch leaderboard for new tech products, where makers post a product and the community upvotes and comments over a 24-hour cycle. Browsed by early adopters, founders, investors…

    Product launch platformsFreeUGC (nofollow)Checked
    DR91Tranco#4,480

  • Laravel News

    laravel-news.com

    A Laravel and PHP news site with a weekly newsletter and a community link feed where developers share packages, tutorials and tools. It is read by Laravel developers. Links shared in the feed show…

    NewslettersFreeDofollowChecked
    DR85Tranco#5,278

  • Uptodown

    en.uptodown.com

    A large alternative app store and download site for Android, Windows and Mac. Its Developers Console lets any maker publish and distribute software, with app pages that also rank in web search.

    General directoriesFreeDofollowChecked
    DR83Tranco#6,112

  • CodeCanyon (Envato Market)

    codecanyon.net

    Envato's marketplace for code: WordPress plugins, PHP scripts, mobile app templates, JavaScript and more. Developers become Envato authors, and each item passes a quality review before it is sold to…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR91Tranco#6,159

  • Homebrew

    brew.sh

    The dominant package manager for macOS (and Linux), with a public index of formulae and casks at formulae.brew.sh. Getting into homebrew/core or homebrew/cask makes a tool installable with a single…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR90Tranco#6,488

  • Greasy Fork

    greasyfork.org

    A large community site for user scripts and user styles that run through managers like Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey and Stylus. Anyone with an account can post a script; it gets a page with…

    Browser extensionsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR78Tranco#10,862

  • Flathub

    flathub.org

    The main app store for Flatpak packages, used by many Linux distributions to install desktop apps. Submissions are made as GitHub pull requests and checked by reviewers; accepted apps get a store…

    MarketplacesFreeDofollowChecked
    DR83Tranco#10,977

  • F-Droid

    f-droid.org

    A catalogue of free and open-source Android apps that F-Droid builds from source itself. It is popular with privacy-minded Android users, and each app page lists license, anti-features, and links to…

    Mobile appsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR85Tranco#13,620

  • Tracxn

    tracxn.com

    A private-market intelligence platform that tracks startups, funding rounds and investors across sectors and geographies, used by VCs, private equity, corporate development teams and investment…

    StartupsFreeNofollowChecked
    DR79Tranco#13,855

  • Setapp

    setapp.com

    A curated subscription bundle of Mac and iOS apps where members get access to a catalogue for one fee. Accepted developers earn a usage-based revenue share and exposure to members browsing curated…

    ProductivityFreeUnverifiedChecked
    DR80Tranco#14,617

The other 365, in the same order

One line each. Open a directory for its price details, link evidence, review process and how to submit.

DR is Domain Rating by Ahrefs: a 0–100 score of a site’s backlinks, higher is stronger. It isn’t a Google metric. Tranco rank is a research top-sites ranking: lower means more popular. How we check each directory

How to prioritise

  1. Free directories whose audience matches your users, with a Tranco rank.
  2. Free directories with human review: harder to get into, more weight when you do.
  3. Freemium sites where the free listing is useful on its own, without the paid add-ons.
  4. Skip free sites that require a badge or reciprocal link unless you’re happy to add it.

Questions about this list

Are free directory listings worth it?

The good ones are: a relevant audience, human review and a maintained site. A handful of those does more than a long list of sites nobody visits. Use the Tranco rank and review type above to pick.

What is the catch with free listings?

Common ones: long review queues, a nofollow link unless you pay, or a requirement to add their badge to your site. Each directory page here says which applies, where we could verify it.

Should I pay to upgrade a free listing?

Only after the free listing has shown it sends visitors. Pay for audience and visibility, not for a followed link; buying links that pass ranking value goes against Google’s spam policies.

Which of these directories give a dofollow link?

217 of the 385 had a followed (dofollow) listing link when we checked: GitHub Marketplace, Snap Store (Snapcraft), Laravel News, Uptodown, Greasy Fork, Flathub and 211 more. Directories change their link policy, so check your own listing once it is live.

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